Crazy River : Exploration and Folly in East Africa (Paperback)

from ktp50

Richard Grant is a very good author and an intrepid traveler. The combination makes for a very good book. I like that Grant attempts to describe people and places without any sort of preconceived notions. You get an honest take with some of his writing having a sort of anthropolgy/sociology type ...

from zmagic69

One of the best things about travel writing is learning about places you will likely never get to Visit. With Richard Grant's latest book, he continues the theme he started with his last book God's Middle Finger and that is writing about places you would not go to unless you are insane! In God's ...

from kaitanya64

I wavered about how many stars to give this book. Grant is an honest writer, who freely admits his own ignorance and fears when appropriate. He admits, for example, that one of the major purposes and driving necessities of his trip to the Malagarasi River in Tanzania is to be able to write a book...

from addunn3

The author explores a river in east Africa, and at the same time describes how things are in these relatively new countries and how they got that way, with a fairly unbiassed view. Well written, painful in parts. Worth the read and will probably give readers new perspectives of the entrenched pro...

from ktp50

Richard Grant is a very good author and an intrepid traveler. The combination makes for a very good book. I like that Grant attempts to describe people and places without any sort of preconceived notions. You get an honest take with some of his writing having a sort of anthropolgy/sociology type ...